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Idea #10733: Allow selection box on desktop via right-click



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Written by rainwalker the 5 Jul 08 at 06:17. Category: Look and Feel.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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I noticed today on Windows that you can click and drag on the desktop with both the right and left mouse buttons. The left mouse button, obviously, just selected. However, selecting with the right mouse button not only selected but also opened up the right-click menu allowing you to apply the action to all selected (like open, delete, etc.). It's not a huge deal, but I thought it was a neat little trick, even if it only saves a click or two.
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madjr wrote on the 5 Jul 08 at 09:11
best implementation:

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4588/

gnome on the other hand lets you do lots of cool stuff with the middle mouse button.

it seems a middle button is requiered, you can't do everything with a 2 button mouse or a laptop trackpad

Anurag_Panda wrote on the 6 Jul 08 at 19:57
Good idea.


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